Exactly. The relatively modest sales of the *istD in no way suggest that this will be true of the K10D. Current sales, on the other hand, indicate that the K10D is in great demand. My camera store owner told me he wished there was some way he could get more of them. He's never said that about a Pentax camera. As you say, history is meaningless. Paul On Nov 26, 2006, at 3:38 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> Past history is no indicator of future performance. > > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Except that the production run could sell out, as the *istDS2 and >> perhaps even the DS did. The D is half price only because there's >> existing stock long after it went out of production. >> Paul >> On Nov 26, 2006, at 11:42 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> >>> You can buy a *ist-D new today for $799, from B&H photo. so lets >>> see >>> 799/1699 * 100 ~ 47% so my guess is that you'll be able to buy a >>> K10D >>> for ~$470 just after it's discontinued. Other than that, as the >>> official Pentax price never fell much below $1699 I have no clue. >>> >>> Past history is no indicator of future performance. >>> >>> cbwaters wrote: >>> >>>> So, given the impressive initial price of this new camera and the >>>> propensity >>>> of camera prices to fall within six months to a year from launch, >>>> what do we >>>> feel will be the final price point? >>>> Certainly not until after Christmas and I guess it depends on >>>> how demand >>>> holds up after the initial flurry. >>>> I paid extra for my D to get one of the first batch. I don't have >>>> that >>>> option this time around (sadly). I'm wondering when the price >>>> might drop a >>>> little. I'd like to get the kit lens & grip for what the kit >>>> sells for. >>>> What do ye think? >>>> >>>> CW >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
